WORLD (PT)

NOTE: When the Idaho Legislature is in session, programming on the Learn/Create and World channels may be pre-empted for live coverage from the House and Senate floors.

6:00 pm

Outdoor Idaho"Nature's Healing Power"
This episode features stories of Idahoans who have found strength and solace in nature as they confront illness and injury. It also shines a spotlight on four Idaho nonprofits that offer outdoor retreats for cancer survivors and disabled veterans - and the dedication of their volunteers.G

6:30 pm

Dialogue"Pico Iyer, Travel Writer: Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference"
Host Marcia Franklin talks with the former Time magazine reporter and author at the Sun Valley Writers' Conference. Iyer, who has just completed a book on the Dalai Lama called The Open Road, talks about his travels and writings.G

Rajneeshpuram
In 1981, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, a spiritual leader from India, and thousands of his disciples moved to Wasco and Jefferson Counties. On what had been the Big Muddy Ranch, the "sannyasins" set out to build a new city, a utopian community in the desert - - Rajneeshpuram. Thousands of people from around the world gathered here to celebrate life. D

11:00 pm

Nature"The Himalayas"
Despite their forbidding appearance, the mountains, which are considered sacred, are rich with a surprising array of plants and animals. Snow leopards, red pandas, Asiatic black bears, musk deer, snub-nosed monkeys, Tibetan foxes and high-flying birds populate the heights. Great valleys draw warm wet air in from the tropics, creating rainforests at 8,000 feet, each one a tropical paradise like the long-sought Shangri-la.G